North Carolina First, a new party that exists only in North Carolina, has 20,000 signatures in its drive to get on the November 2010, according to news reports. The party’s web page, http://ncfirstparty.org, is here.

The party needs 85,379 signature by May 14. It is possible the party could win a lawsuit against the relatively early deadline. New parties in North Carolina nominate by convention, so there seems to be little state interest in requiring the petitions to be completed so early.